Binding: Paperback
Description: The World of Raymond Chandler shows how Chandler precariously balanced the values of a classical English education against those of a fast - evolving America during the years before the Great War; how he adopted Los Angeles as his home after WWI with Hollywood in turn adopting him (and adapting his works); how his detective hero and alter ego Philip Marlowe evolved over the years; and above all what it is to be a writer and in particular one writing in the other language of hardboiled fiction. Acclaimed biographer and historian Barry Day deftly interweaves images and text using quotations from Chandler's novels short stories letters and interviews to craft a unique portrait of the mystery writer's life and times.
Title: The World Of Raymond Chandler In His Own Words
Author(s): Chandler Raymond, Barry Day
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Barcode: 9780804170482
Pages: 272 Pages, 107 Illustrations
Publication Date: 11/10/2015
Category: Biography: Literary